Short:    Bugfixed c:version command
Author:   Urs Eprecht
Uploader: fsteinfe@iiic.ethz.ch (Frederic Steinfels)
Version:  40.1
Type:     util/shell

TITLE

   Version

VERSION

   40.1  (bug removed)

AUTHOR

   Urs Eprecht
   
   EMail: not yet (but you can EMail to me: fsteinfe@iiic.ethz.ch)

DESCRIPTION

   This is a patch/replacement for the original c:version command.
   It had a nasty bug: If the last four bytes of a file contained
   a $ sign, the version command went into an endless loop.
   The new version command contains a work aournd for this
   problem: It internally reduces the file size by four bytes.
   This is save as the last four bytes can't contain a complete
   version string.
   The workaround code requires 14 bytes. They were gained by
   shortening the text: 
     "This disk requires Kickstart version 2.04 or greater"
   to
     "Kickstart 2.04 or greater required"
   This was much easier than increasing the file size.

USAGE

   To apply the patch, enter
   
   spatch -oc:version.new -pversion.pch c:version
   rename c:version c:version.old
   rename c:version.new c:versioin
   
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

   Required:
      c:version command with the size of 4764 bytes and version
      number 40.1

AVAILABILITY

   Aminet
     ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/aminet/util/shell/version.lha

PRICE

   Free

DISTRIBUTABILITY

   Distributed as freeware.

   The version command is Copyrigth by the owner of AmigaOS
   The patch is Copyright by Urs Eprecht


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
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   14636    9285 36.5% 06-Feb-98 02:00:28 +spatch
     196     191  2.5% 31-Mar-97 23:25:26 +version.pch
    1483     748 49.5% 06-Feb-98 02:02:18 +version.readme
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
   16315   10224 37.3% 07-Feb-98 20:29:50   3 files